1 Samuel 30:20

1 Samuel 30:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave before those other cattle, and said, This is David’s spoil.
• New International Version (NIV)He took all the flocks and herds, and his men drove them ahead of the other livestock, saying, “This is David’s plunder.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)David also captured all the flocks and herds, and the people drove the livestock before him, and said, "This is David's spoil."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then David took all the flocks and herds they had driven before those other livestock, and said, “This is David’s spoil.”

Context of 1 Samuel 30:20

18And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives. 19And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to them: David recovered all. And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave before those other cattle, and said, This is David’s spoil. 21And David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that they could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at the brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him: and when David came near to the people, he saluted them. 22Then answered all the wicked men and men of Belial, of those that went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them ought of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away, and depart.

1 Samuel 30:20 word by word

וַיִּקַּ֣ח דָּוִ֔ד אֶת־כָּל־הַצֹּ֖אן וְהַבָּקָ֑ר נָהֲג֗וּ לִפְנֵי֙ הַמִּקְנֶ֣ה הַה֔וּא וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ זֶ֖ה שְׁלַ֥ל דָּוִֽד׃Read the interlinear

• And Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• tookלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• all the flocksצֹאןtsô'n tse'ôn · flockH6629
• and the herdsבָּקָרbâqâr · cattleH1241
• they draveנָהַגnâhag · to leadH5090
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• thoseהוּאhû' hîy' · he/she/itH1931
• cattleמִקְנֶהmiqneh · livestockH4735
• and saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• spoilשָׁלָלshâlâl · spoilH7998

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 30:20

• 1 Samuel 30:26And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of Yhwh;
• Numbers 31:9And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods.
• 2 Chronicles 20:25And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much.
• Isaiah 53:12Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
• Romans 8:37Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 30:20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20And David took all the flocks - He and his men not only recovered all their own property, but they recovered all the spoil which these Amalekites had taken from the south of Judah, the Cherethites, and the south of Caleb. When this was separated from the rest, it was given to David, and called David's spoil.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20The meaning is, “and David took all the sheep and oxen which the Amalekites drove” (i. e. had in their possession) “before that acquisition of cattle” (namely, before what they took in their raid to the south), “and they” (the people) “said, This is David‘s spoil.” This was his share as captain of the band (compare Judges 8:24-26). All the other plunder of the camp - arms, ornaments, jewels, money, clothes, camels, accoutrements, and so on - was divided…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 16-20Verses 16-20 Sinners are nearest to ruin, when they cry, Peace and safety, and put the evil day far from them. Nor does any thing give our spiritual enemies more advantage than sensuality and indulgence. Eating and drinking, and dancing, have been the soft and pleasant way in which many have gone down to the congregation of the dead. The spoil was recovered, and brought off; nothing was lost, but a great deal gained.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 30:20

• Amalekites

In the dictionaries

• David
• Amalekite
• Belong
• Recover
• Besor, the Brook
• Faint
• Samuel, Books of
• Zebah and Zalmunna
• Ittai

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 30

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings